SUPERDEMOCRACY

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    SUPER DEMOCRACY - The Senate of Things

    Three cultural institutions enter into a dialogue with the Belgian Senate during the exhibition SUPERDEMOCRACY, which is on display throughout October. BPS22 in Charleroi, BOZAR in Brussels and M HKA in Antwerp provide a cultural dimension to the Senate’s current issues.

    1.10.2017 - 31.10.2017

    Guy Mees

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    © Guy Mees, 2024, Galerie Ronny Van de Velde
    Verloren Ruimte (Lost Space), 1965
    Guy Mees
    Installation , 120 cm ø
    Lace, blue neon, wood

    Away with paint. In the 1960s that is the slogan

    of Guy Mees. This avant-garde artist exchanges

    canvas and charcoal for industrially produced lace

    and neon lights. Whether they are round, square or

    triangular, these works all bear the enigmatic title

    Verloren Ruimte (Lost Space). Just like Verheyen,

    Mees plays with concepts such as space and

    light. In 1959 they both spend the summer at the

    Tempeliershof, an empty farm in Weert, where they

    work and write together. For Verheyen, Mees is

    ‘the painter who showed me the solution’ and

    questioned the definition of painting.

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